A country where nothing seems impossible, wants to present China when the world is looking at the Olympic Games in Beijing. But what is the price for the emerging world economic miracle? As people live between the metropolis and tradition? Where is stirring conflict in the Middle Kingdom? A trip to the Yangtze River - the most important and most historic river in China - is to solve some mysteries that are hidden behind the glittering facade of China. China's longest river, the government provides the mid-90s to prove that its gigantic plans for the future no one and nothing stands in the way. More than 2000 kilometers from the capital on the Yangtze created a building of almost unimaginable proportions: the largest dam in the world. It covers not only one tenth of the electricity demand of the country but will also allow vessels to travel ozeangängiger far into the hinterland and to prevent floods of the century.